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Raffi left more than Rome behind. Snipped by a bishop as a boy,

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In exuberant and yet precise prose, Colin Sargent conjures a sweeping tale of love, murder, and revenge.- Christina Baker kline, #1 New York Times Bestselling author of orphaN TraiN.Wicked shards of humor and sophisticated, astonishing word play reminiscent of James Joyce’s Ulysses make up the heart of this incandescent novel by Colin Sargent. A rare book, one that will settle into the soul for a lifetime.- Morgan Callan rogers, author, red rubY hearT iN a Cold blue sea

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Ann Beattie’s long-awaited new short story collection, her first since 2005, arrives in paperback this year. The fifteen short stories are all set in Maine. Beattie’s gift with language and the wit personified by her work are on perfect display throughout. In-cluded are three tales centered on a teenage visitor to the state, Jocelyn, whose strug-gles with finding her place in the world could easily translate into a full novel. Also included are a touching story of an IRS agent who comes to an important life change after visiting an elderly woman; a group of kids who stumbles upon a room full of Elvis Presley busts; and many other unique and poignant tales. The common thread run-ning though all of these stories is not only their location, but also Beattie’s innate gift of understanding how people relate to each other. She conjures unique and touching relationships in this highly engaging collection of short stories.

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…A seagull swooped up the bouquet and dropped it, but too far out over the rocks for anybody to retrieve it, although the best man tried. But that—real life—you couldn’t write. You had to write Magical Realism, in which no doubt the seagull could recite Latin proverbs while it was being philosophical about the flowers not being fish.”

The State We’re In, Maine StoriesBy Ann BeAttie

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Intoxicating TalesThe team at Longfellow Books invites you to delve between the pages of some of their favorite books from the past year. So settle in and grab a copy. you’re in good hands.

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for anyone who enjoyed Ruby Red Heart in a Cold Blue Sea, you’ll love being transported back to The Point. Picking up seven years from where the first novel left off, Written on My Heart brings this coastal Maine community—with all of the hardship and joy to be found—to life. As an unsolved murder winds its way throughout the novel, Rogers’s characters wrestle with the limi-tations of a shrinking community and a changing way of life, the transition from child to adult, and the life-altering power of love and loss.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning author and part-time Maine resident Elizabeth Strout has crafted an honest and often heartbreak-ing story with My Name is Lucy Barton. A young mother of two, Barton is recovering from surgery complications when her own mother, to whom she had not spoken in many years, comes to keep her company for five days. Everything seems to be ticking along well until lucy reveals to us in small ways the poverty of her upbringing, her hunger for her mother’s love, and their difficult and at times abusive relationship.208 pAges | rAndoM house | hArdcover $26

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At 736 pages and span-ning over 300 years, Bark-skins is about as good an option as one can find for a stormy Maine winter weekend. from the ar-

rival of woodcutting french settlers in canada in 1693 through an eye-witness account of melting glaciers

in 2013, this monumental under-taking weaves Proulx’s ability to develop characters in strik-ing form while continuously bringing readers back to the destruction and savagery of the seemingly ceaseless endeavor to “tame nature.” Though the environmental message is clear, it’s her viv-id characters that make this

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The award-winning journalist for the Portland Press Herald explores how to best reconcile the epic struggle in American politics between individual liberty and the good of the community as a whole, beginning with the first colonies through to the present day. he asserts that this struggle can be linked to nearly every major disagreement in u.S. history, right up to and including the present politi-cal divisiveness. woodard asserts that sustaining liberal democracy requires bal-ancing those two essential aspects of human freedom. Discover a pertinent and thought-provoking read.

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Treat yourself to an illustrated biography of E.B. white, author of such classics as Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little, by award-winning children’s book illustrator Melissa Sweet. using white’s letters, photographs, and mementos, as well as her original collaged art, Sweet tells the story of one of the most beloved authors of all time.

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M any of the vignettes written by Portland native Anna Kendrick in her memoir Scrappy Little Nobody

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The Oscar-nominated actress (for 2009’s Up In The Air) and star of Twilight, Into the Woods, The Accountant, and the Pitch Per-fect movie series (with Pitch Perfect 3 soon to be shot) dares to shock with a conversa-tional mix of candor, irony, irreverence, an-

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local literary legends gary lawless and Beth leonard of gulf of Maine Books share their reading list for the new year.

• Orion on the Dunes: A Biography of Henry Beston by Daniel Payne (David R. godine, $29.95)

• Hearts in Suspension by Stephen king (university of Maine Press, $30)

• One in a Million Boy by Monica wood (houghton Mifflin harcourt, $16.20)

• The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck (Simon & Schuster, $16.99)

• The War I Survived Was Vietnam by Michael uhl (Mcfarland Books, $29.95)

Poetry:• Dead Still Dream by kifah Abdullah

(createSpace, $17.99)• 45° North Latitude by Joseph coleman

(flying Point Press, $14.99)• Walking Backwards by lee Sharkey

(Tupelo Press, $16.95)

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